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Joey Porter OLB · PIT /MIA /ARI · 1999–2011
Born March 22, 1977 · College Colorado State · Drafted 1999 , round 3, pick 73 (PIT) · 6-3, 248 lb
1st-team All-Pro (2002) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×3 (2004, 2005, 2008) · Pro Bowl ×4 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2008)
Defence Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
Season Team G Tackles Sacks QB hits Tackles INT Passes Forced
1999 PIT 13 25 2.0 – – 0 – 2 2000 PIT 16 60 10.5 – – 1 – 2 2001 PIT 15 60 9.0 – – 0 – 4 2001 playoffs PIT 2 11 1.0 – – 0 – 0 2002 PIT 16 89 9.0 – – 4 – 2 2002 playoffs PIT 2 15 1.0 – – 0 – 0 2003 PIT 14 66 5.0 – – 0 – 1 2004 PIT 15 54 7.0 – – 1 – 3 2004 playoffs PIT 2 9 1.0 – – 0 – 0 2005 PIT 15 57 11.0 – – 2 – 4 2005 playoffs PIT 4 12 3.0 – – 0 – 1 2006 PIT 14 55 6.5 10 – 2 – 0 2007 MIA 16 65 6.0 7 – 2 – 1 2008 MIA 15 47 16.5 22 – 0 – 3 2008 playoffs MIA 1 3 0.0 0 – 0 – 0 2009 MIA 13 41 9.0 13 10 0 1 1 2010 ARI 14 50 5.0 13 8 0 0 2 2011 ARI 6 16 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 Career ARI 182 685 97.5 90 76 12 49 25
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
2002 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2004 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2005 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2008 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
Game logs 2011 game log (6 games) 2011 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2011-09-11 vs CAR W 28–21 3 0.0 0 0 2 2011-09-18 @ WAS L 21–22 5 0.0 0 0 3 2011-09-25 @ SEA L 10–13 3 1.0 0 0 4 2011-10-02 vs NYG L 27–31 2 0.0 0 0 5 2011-10-09 @ MIN L 10–34 1 0.0 0 0 7 2011-10-23 vs PIT L 20–32 2 0.0 0 0
2010 game log (14 games) 2010 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2010-09-12 @ LA W 17–13 2 0.0 0 0 2 2010-09-19 @ ATL L 7–41 4 0.0 0 0 3 2010-09-26 vs LV W 24–23 4 1.0 0 0 4 2010-10-03 @ LAC L 10–41 4 0.0 0 0 5 2010-10-10 vs NO W 30–20 5 0.0 0 0 7 2010-10-24 @ SEA L 10–22 3 1.0 0 0 8 2010-10-31 vs TB L 35–38 3 1.0 0 0 9 2010-11-07 @ MIN L 24–27 OT 6 2.0 0 0 10 2010-11-14 vs SEA L 18–36 3 0.0 0 0 11 2010-11-21 @ KC L 13–31 5 0.0 0 0 12 2010-11-29 vs SF L 6–27 3 0.0 0 0 13 2010-12-05 vs LA L 6–19 2 0.0 0 0 14 2010-12-12 vs DEN W 43–13 2 0.0 0 0 15 2010-12-19 @ CAR L 12–19 4 0.0 0 0
2009 game log (13 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2009-09-13 @ ATL L 7–19 3 0.0 0 0 2 2009-09-21 vs IND L 23–27 1 1.0 0 0 3 2009-09-27 @ LAC L 13–23 2 1.0 0 0 7 2009-10-25 vs NO L 34–46 4 0.5 0 1 8 2009-11-01 @ NYJ W 30–25 2 0.0 0 0 9 2009-11-08 @ NE L 17–27 0 0.0 0 0 11 2009-11-19 @ CAR W 24–17 8 2.0 0 0 12 2009-11-29 @ BUF L 14–31 5 2.5 0 0 13 2009-12-06 vs NE W 22–21 4 0.0 0 0 14 2009-12-13 @ JAX W 14–10 3 1.0 0 0 15 2009-12-20 @ TEN L 24–27 OT 4 0.0 0 0 16 2009-12-27 vs HOU L 20–27 3 0.0 0 0 17 2010-01-03 vs PIT L 24–30 2 1.0 0 0
2008 game log (16 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2008-09-07 vs NYJ L 14–20 6 1.0 0 0 2 2008-09-14 @ ARI L 10–31 2 0.0 0 0 3 2008-09-21 @ NE W 38–13 6 3.0 0 0 5 2008-10-05 vs LAC W 17–10 2 0.5 0 0 6 2008-10-12 @ HOU L 28–29 3 1.0 0 1 7 2008-10-19 vs BAL L 13–27 4 2.0 0 0 8 2008-10-26 vs BUF W 25–16 4 2.0 0 0 9 2008-11-02 @ DEN W 26–17 3 1.0 0 0 10 2008-11-09 vs SEA W 21–19 3 0.5 0 0 11 2008-11-16 vs LV W 17–15 5 1.5 0 0 12 2008-11-23 vs NE L 28–48 1 1.0 0 0 13 2008-11-30 @ LA W 16–12 1 0.0 0 0 14 2008-12-07 @ BUF W 16–3 3 2.0 0 0 15 2008-12-14 vs SF W 14–9 3 1.0 0 0 17 2008-12-28 @ NYJ W 24–17 1 0.0 0 0 P18 2009-01-04 vs BAL L 9–27 3 0.0 0 0
2007 game log (16 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-09 @ WAS L 13–16 OT 3 0.0 0 0 2 2007-09-16 vs DAL L 20–37 2 0.0 0 1 3 2007-09-23 @ NYJ L 28–31 4 0.0 0 0 4 2007-09-30 vs LV L 17–35 4 0.0 0 0 5 2007-10-07 @ HOU L 19–22 3 0.0 0 0 6 2007-10-14 @ CLE L 31–41 4 0.0 0 0 7 2007-10-21 vs NE L 28–49 4 1.0 0 0 8 2007-10-28 vs NYG L 10–13 2 0.0 0 1 10 2007-11-11 vs BUF L 10–13 6 1.0 0 0 11 2007-11-18 @ PHI L 7–17 7 0.0 0 0 12 2007-11-26 @ PIT L 0–3 8 0.0 1 2 13 2007-12-02 vs NYJ L 13–40 5 1.0 1 1 14 2007-12-09 @ BUF L 17–38 3 0.0 0 0 15 2007-12-16 vs BAL W 22–16 OT 2 1.0 0 0 16 2007-12-23 @ NE L 7–28 5 2.0 0 0 17 2007-12-30 vs CIN L 25–38 3 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (14 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2006-09-07 vs MIA W 28–17 3 2.0 1 1 2 2006-09-18 @ JAX L 0–9 1 0.0 0 0 3 2006-09-24 vs CIN L 20–28 1 0.0 0 1 5 2006-10-08 @ LAC L 13–23 7 0.0 0 0 8 2006-10-29 @ LV L 13–20 2 2.0 1 2 9 2006-11-05 vs DEN L 20–31 3 0.0 0 0 10 2006-11-12 vs NO W 38–31 5 0.0 0 1 11 2006-11-19 @ CLE W 24–20 8 0.5 0 0 12 2006-11-26 @ BAL L 0–27 8 0.0 0 0 13 2006-12-03 vs TB W 20–3 3 2.0 0 0 14 2006-12-07 vs CLE W 27–7 5 0.0 0 0 15 2006-12-17 @ CAR W 37–3 1 0.0 0 0 16 2006-12-24 vs BAL L 7–31 7 0.0 0 0 17 2006-12-31 @ CIN W 23–17 OT 1 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (19 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2005-09-11 vs TEN W 34–7 4 1.0 0 0 2 2005-09-18 @ HOU W 27–7 4 1.0 0 0 3 2005-09-25 vs NE L 20–23 1 0.0 0 0 5 2005-10-10 @ LAC W 24–22 3 1.0 0 0 6 2005-10-16 vs JAX L 17–23 OT 8 1.0 0 1 8 2005-10-31 vs BAL W 20–19 5 0.0 0 1 9 2005-11-06 @ GB W 20–10 5 0.0 0 0 10 2005-11-13 vs CLE W 34–21 2 1.0 1 1 11 2005-11-20 @ BAL L 13–16 OT 5 0.0 0 0 12 2005-11-28 @ IND L 7–26 3 1.0 0 0 13 2005-12-04 vs CIN L 31–38 3 0.0 0 0 14 2005-12-11 vs CHI W 21–9 3 1.0 0 0 15 2005-12-18 @ MIN W 18–3 4 1.0 1 1 16 2005-12-24 @ CLE W 41–0 5 3.0 0 0 17 2006-01-01 vs DET W 35–21 2 0.0 0 0 P18 2006-01-08 @ CIN W 31–17 3 0.5 0 0 P19 2006-01-15 @ IND W 21–18 2 1.5 0 0 P20 2006-01-22 @ DEN W 34–17 4 1.0 0 0 P21 2006-02-05 vs SEA W 21–10 3 0.0 0 0
2004 game log (17 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-12 vs LV W 24–21 2 0.0 0 1 2 2004-09-19 @ BAL L 13–30 3 0.0 0 0 3 2004-09-26 @ MIA W 13–3 7 1.0 0 1 4 2004-10-03 vs CIN W 28–17 3 0.0 0 5 5 2004-10-10 vs CLE W 34–23 5 0.0 0 1 6 2004-10-17 @ DAL W 24–20 3 0.0 0 0 8 2004-10-31 vs NE W 34–20 8 3.0 0 1 9 2004-11-07 vs PHI W 27–3 2 0.0 0 0 11 2004-11-21 @ CIN W 19–14 1 1.0 0 1 12 2004-11-28 vs WAS W 16–7 4 2.0 0 0 13 2004-12-05 @ JAX W 17–16 5 0.0 0 0 14 2004-12-12 vs NYJ W 17–6 3 0.0 0 0 15 2004-12-18 @ NYG W 33–30 3 0.0 0 0 16 2004-12-26 vs BAL W 20–7 4 0.0 1 2 17 2005-01-02 @ BUF W 29–24 1 0.0 0 0 P19 2005-01-15 vs NYJ W 20–17 OT 3 0.0 0 1 P20 2005-01-23 vs NE L 27–41 6 1.0 0 0
2003 game log (14 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
3 2003-09-21 @ CIN W 17–10 2 1.0 0 0 4 2003-09-28 vs TEN L 13–30 4 0.0 0 0 5 2003-10-05 vs CLE L 13–33 5 0.0 0 0 6 2003-10-12 @ DEN L 14–17 6 0.0 0 0 8 2003-10-26 vs LA L 21–33 8 2.0 0 1 9 2003-11-02 @ SEA L 16–23 5 0.0 0 0 10 2003-11-09 vs ARI W 28–15 5 1.0 0 0 11 2003-11-17 @ SF L 14–30 2 0.0 0 0 12 2003-11-23 @ CLE W 13–6 2 0.0 0 1 13 2003-11-30 vs CIN L 20–24 8 0.0 0 1 14 2003-12-07 vs LV W 27–7 5 0.0 0 0 15 2003-12-14 @ NYJ L 0–6 2 0.0 0 0 16 2003-12-21 vs LAC W 40–24 3 1.0 0 0 17 2003-12-28 @ BAL L 10–13 OT 9 0.0 0 1
2002 game log (18 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2002-09-09 @ NE L 14–30 6 0.0 0 1 2 2002-09-15 vs LV L 17–30 12 3.0 2 2 4 2002-09-29 vs CLE W 16–13 OT 8 0.0 1 1 5 2002-10-06 @ NO L 29–32 5 1.0 0 0 6 2002-10-13 @ CIN W 34–7 7 2.0 0 0 7 2002-10-21 vs IND W 28–10 5 0.0 0 0 8 2002-10-27 @ BAL W 31–18 6 0.0 1 1 9 2002-11-03 @ CLE W 23–20 3 0.0 0 1 10 2002-11-10 vs ATL T 34–34 OT 8 1.0 0 2 11 2002-11-17 @ TEN L 23–31 8 0.0 0 0 12 2002-11-24 vs CIN W 29–21 5 0.0 0 1 13 2002-12-01 @ JAX W 25–23 1 0.0 0 0 14 2002-12-08 vs HOU L 6–24 2 1.0 0 0 15 2002-12-15 vs CAR W 30–14 3 0.0 0 0 16 2002-12-23 @ TB W 17–7 4 1.0 0 1 17 2002-12-29 vs BAL W 34–31 6 0.0 0 0 P18 2003-01-05 vs CLE W 36–33 7 1.0 0 0 P19 2003-01-11 @ TEN L 31–34 OT 8 0.0 0 0
2001 game log (17 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2001-09-09 @ JAX L 3–21 8 0.0 0 0 3 2001-09-30 @ BUF W 20–3 3 1.0 0 0 4 2001-10-07 vs CIN W 16–7 3 0.0 0 0 5 2001-10-14 @ KC W 20–17 4 0.0 0 0 6 2001-10-21 @ TB W 17–10 6 4.0 0 1 7 2001-10-29 vs TEN W 34–7 6 0.0 0 0 8 2001-11-04 vs BAL L 10–13 7 2.0 0 0 9 2001-11-11 @ CLE W 15–12 OT 2 0.0 0 0 10 2001-11-18 vs JAX W 20–7 7 1.0 0 2 11 2001-11-25 @ TEN W 34–24 3 0.0 0 0 12 2001-12-02 vs MIN W 21–16 2 0.0 0 1 13 2001-12-09 vs NYJ W 18–7 3 0.0 0 0 14 2001-12-16 @ BAL W 26–21 1 0.0 0 0 15 2001-12-23 vs DET W 47–14 2 1.0 0 0 16 2001-12-30 @ CIN L 23–26 OT 3 0.0 0 0 P19 2002-01-20 vs BAL W 27–10 6 1.0 0 2 P20 2002-01-27 vs NE L 17–24 5 0.0 0 1
2000 game log (16 games) 2000 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2000-09-03 vs BAL L 0–16 6 0.0 0 1 3 2000-09-17 @ CLE L 20–23 3 0.0 0 0 4 2000-09-24 vs TEN L 20–23 2 0.0 0 0 5 2000-10-01 @ JAX W 24–13 1 1.0 0 0 6 2000-10-08 @ NYJ W 20–3 1 1.0 0 0 7 2000-10-15 vs CIN W 15–0 6 3.0 0 0 8 2000-10-22 vs CLE W 22–0 1 0.0 0 0 9 2000-10-29 @ BAL W 9–6 8 2.0 0 0 10 2000-11-05 @ TEN L 7–9 4 0.0 1 2 11 2000-11-12 vs PHI L 23–26 OT 5 0.0 0 0 12 2000-11-19 vs JAX L 24–34 6 1.0 0 0 13 2000-11-26 @ CIN W 48–28 6 1.0 0 0 14 2000-12-03 vs LV W 21–20 1 0.0 0 0 15 2000-12-10 @ NYG L 10–30 2 0.0 0 0 16 2000-12-16 vs WAS W 24–3 5 0.0 0 0 17 2000-12-24 @ LAC W 34–21 3 1.5 0 0
1999 game log (13 games) 1999 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 1999-09-12 @ CLE W 43–0 2 1.0 0 0 3 1999-09-26 vs SEA L 10–29 1 0.0 0 0 4 1999-10-03 vs JAX L 3–17 4 0.0 0 0 6 1999-10-17 @ CIN W 17–3 1 0.0 0 0 7 1999-10-25 vs ATL W 13–9 1 0.0 0 0 9 1999-11-07 @ SF W 27–6 1 0.0 0 0 10 1999-11-14 vs CLE L 15–16 1 0.0 0 0 12 1999-11-28 vs CIN L 20–27 1 0.0 0 0 13 1999-12-02 @ JAX L 6–20 1 0.0 0 0 14 1999-12-12 vs BAL L 24–31 1 0.0 0 0 15 1999-12-18 @ KC L 19–35 1 0.0 0 0 16 1999-12-26 vs CAR W 30–20 4 0.0 0 0 17 2000-01-02 vs TEN L 36–47 6 1.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.